The War I Finally Won

Multiple Choice and Long Answer questions create ideal opportunities for whole-text review, unit exam, or summative assessments.

Multiple Choice

1. What is the black armband Stephen wears a symbol of?

A) The oppression and hardship of the persecuted in Germany

B) The unfortunate fate of young men going to war

C) Grief and those who have lost their lives in the war

D) Hatred and the attitudes of those in Britain

2. Which scenario best illustrates Ada’s mistrust of people?

A) Ada worries Jamie will become crippled after he falls from the tree.

B) Ada believes Susan will send her away when Mam dies.

C) Ada is determined to protect her family by doing the fire watch.

D) Ada dislikes Lady Thornton because she is strict.

3. What does Kent represent to Ada?

A) Joy and belonging

B) Hope and prosperity

C) Isolation and sharing

D) Change and fear

4. What contributes to Ada’s emotional healing?

A) Her doll

B) Her room

C) Jamie

D) Butter

5. What best describes how Mam has impacted Ada’s worldview?

A) Ada is afraid to try and do new things.

B) Ada often views things in a negative light.

C) Ada is willing to face any challenge head-on.

D) Ada feels she cannot be separated from Susan.

6. How does Ada feel about her clubfoot?

A) She feels it is a disfigurement that arouses contempt in others.

B) She thinks that people still look down on her after her surgery.

C) She assumes others never noticed her clubfoot.

D) She believes others feel sorry for her and she doesn’t want them to.

7. Which of the following scenarios best represents the scarcity of wartime supplies?

A) Lady Thornton lives with Susan.

B) Villagers take turns on fire watch.

C) Susan reuses tea leaves for her tea.

D) Villagers cover their windows for blackouts.

8. How does Ada respond when she is given gifts?

A) Grateful toward the giver

B) Resentful toward Mam

C) Spiteful toward the giver

D) Displeased by the extravagance

9. Which scenario best illustrates Ada’s growing maturity?

A) She stops criticizing Lady Thornton for failing to understand others.

B) She becomes good friends with Margaret and enjoys sharing a room with her.

C) She learns to love Susan because she has taken care of her.

D) She changes her mind about Ruth, sharing important details about her own life.

10. What is Susan’s attitude toward Mam?

A) She shows compassion toward her, explaining that she was mentally ill.

B) She rails against Mam’s injustice, because she did not care for the children.

C) She forgets Mam and does not speak of her again.

D) She discounts everything Mam says, writing her off as incapacitated.

11. Who does Ada blame for her mother’s bad moods?

A) Mam

B) Jamie

C) Herself

D) Susan

12. How are Susan and Ada’s familial relations similar?

A) Both have been disliked by their parents for things beyond their control.

B) Susan and Ada do not appreciate their parents.

C) Susan and Ada both had controlling mothers who did not like them.

D) Both were victims of abusive relationships imposed by caregivers.

Long Answer

Compose a response of 2-3 sentences, incorporating text details to support your response.

1. Consider the novel’s theme Finding Humanity in a Perceived Enemy. What enemies does Ada believe she has in the novel? Does Ada change her mind as the novel progresses? If so, how and why does her thinking change?

2. Why is Ada constantly being reminded that she is not responsible for Jamie and herself any longer? What does Ada do to try to take responsibility for Jamie and Susan in the novel?